[kms61]

Do the Brits still use the SLR automatic rifle? As I recall they're not exactly optimized for bayonet combat. I wonder how many of them needed replacing after that engagement.

[Wraith]

They use the SA-80 automatic rifle with 5.56 NATO rounds. A lot of guts and the hats off to them for showing the gutless bushwhackers what they are really up against. Maybe these locals should have stayed home in their tents......

[Tommyjo]

"Do the Brits still use the SLR automatic rifle?"

No. The SLR that was in use with UK forces was semi-automatic. We never adopted either the burst or automatic version. The standard service rifle is the SA-80.

The following is the L85A2(SA80A2)upgraded variant ably modeled by a female soldier in Iraq